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The next morning, Lorelai went to the Diner alone.

"Hey, Jess, is Luke around?" Lorelai asked, glancing around the Diner.

"No. He's at the bank. He should be here around lunch though." Jess informed her.

"Oh. Well, can I have two coffees and two chocolate-sprinkle doughnuts to go, please?" Lorelai said, relieved that she wouldn't have to face Luke, just yet.

The only reason she had come, was for Rory.

"Here you go." Jess said, handing her the order.

Lorelai noticed a stack of newspapers on the counter; it was The Stars Hollow Gazette, composed by, Donald Delani Kirk.

That's when she saw it, two front page, full color photos of Rory and Jess, and She and Luke, kissing on New Years!

The caption above the photos read, "Love in the air?"

The fine print said, "Photos taken by Kirk."

Lorelai gasped.

What if Dean had already seen it?

"Kirk!" she cried.

"What is it?" Jess questioned.

He hadn't seen the morning paper yet.

She slapped a copy down in front of him.

He gaped at it.

Lorelai grabbed a newspaper, and struck out to find Kirk.

"Kirk!" Lorelai hollered, when she saw him coming out of Dooses.

"Uh oh!" he said, running for it.

Lorelai burst into the house, waving the newspaper at Rory, "I got this at the Diner!"

A look of horror crossed Rory's face when she saw the photo of her and Jess.

"Dean!" she breathed.

Rory ran to the Diner and grabbed the stack of newspapers, hoping that Dean hadn't gotten one yet.

"Rory, I'm sorry!" Jess exclaimed.

"I don't wanna hear it!" she hollered, storming out of the Diner.

She saw Dean coming out of Dooses.

He was holding a copy of the paper, and glaring at the front page.

Rory cringed.

He glanced up and his eyes locked with hers.

"Dean!" Rory called.

He glared at Rory, walked over to her, and jabbed an accusing finger at the photo of her and Jess in the emphasis lip-lock.

"But Dean, you don't understand! He kissed me! That's what happened!" she exclaimed.

"Rory, you're kissing Jess in this picture, and the worst part of all is that I probably wouldn't even have found out unless this picture was in the paper!"

"Dean, It's not my fault!" Rory cried.

"So, its Jess who's to blame, is it?" he asked, walking toward the Diner at a fast pace.

"Dean, where are you going?" Rory questioned.

Dean ignored her, and stormed up to the Diner door, "Jess, come out and fight like a man!"

Jess looked up from his place at the counter, "Are you serious?" he laughed.

Dean stormed into the Diner, "Very."

"Well, you can't really tell with you." Jess smiled.

"You think you're so funny! How about I make your face even funnier? Then maybe the circus will finally accept you." Dean said about to punch Jess.

"I'm not gonna fight you." Jess stated.

"Oh. So you're just gonna stand there and let me beat you up? Convenient." Dean replied.

"Well, you see there's really no point in fighting you."

"Oh, yeah? Why?"

"Because, you probably get a nose bleed up there anyway." Jess snickered.

Rory ran in, "Stop!"

Dean walked over to Rory and wrapped an arm around her shoulders, "Let's go, Rory. I'm sure Jess has cleaning to do or something." Dean shot Jess a warning look, and pulled Rory out of the Diner before she had a chance to say anything else.

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